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Article authored by Byron York and appeared in The Washington Examiner. Article is courtesy of washingtonexaminer.com
With a new poll showing falling support for the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced an accelerated schedule in which the Senate would take a final, up-or-down vote on passing the bill by the end of next week. [Read more...]
Article authored by David Harsanyi and appeared on Human Events. Article is courtesy of humanevents.com
There are many idealistic progressives who’ve remained opposed to the National Security Agency’s data mining programs regardless of who is in the White House. (We can’t surrender our freedom for safety, you know!) It’s only a shame that these same people have such little reverence for constitutional liberties in other areas of public life. [Read more...]
By Siobhan Gorman, Evan Perez and Janet Hook and appeared in The Wall Street Journal. Article is courtesy of wsj.com
WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency’s monitoring of Americans includes customer records from the three major phone networks as well as emails and Web searches, and the agency also has cataloged credit-card transactions, said people familiar with the agency’s activities. [Read more...]
Article authored by Alexander Bolton and appeared on The Hill. Article is courtesy of thehill.com
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says he shares colleagues’ concerns that the Affordable Care Act could become a “train wreck” if it’s not implemented properly.
Reid warned that people will not be able to choose health insurance plans on government health exchanges if federal authorities lack the resources to set them up and educate the public. [Read more...]
Article authored by John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman and appeared on Politico. Article is courtesy of politico.com
Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, sources in both parties said. [Read more...]
Article authored by Emily Schultheis and appeared on Politico. Article is courtesy of politico.com
The immigration proposal pending in Congress would transform the nation’s political landscape for a generation or more — pumping as many as 11 million new Hispanic voters into the electorate a decade from now in ways that, if current trends hold, would produce an electoral bonanza for Democrats and cripple Republican prospects in many states they now win easily. [Read more...]
Article authored by Brendan Sasso and Bernie Becker and appeared on The Hill. Article is courtesy of thehill.com
Legislation that would empower states to tax online purchases cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Monday after winning an enthusiastic endorsement from President Obama.
Senators advanced the bill in 74-20 procedural vote on Monday evening, just one vote short of the backing it received in a test vote last month. Twenty-six Republicans joined Democrats in moving forward with the bill. [Read more...]
Article authored by Lisa Lerer & Heidi Przybyla and appeared on Bloomberg News. Article is courtesy of bloomberg.com
Two days after the slaying of 20 first-graders at a Connecticut schoolhouse shocked the nation, President Barack Obama climbed a White House stage with an emotional appeal: It was time to fix the nation’s gun laws.
Four months later, that agenda is in tatters. [Read more...]
Article was authored by by NRO Staff and appeared on The National Review Online. Article is courtesy of nationalreview.com
In an apparent slip of the tongue, Harry Reid this morning referred to the gun-control bill he brought to the Senate floor as “anti-gun legislation.”
“On the anti-gun legislation before the Senate, we are making good progress on the effort to schedule a series of votes on amendments to the anti-gun violence legislation before the Senate.” [Read more...]
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